The Exorcist
1973 · 122 min · Horror · TMDB 7.7
The short version:Still the heavyweight. A 12-year-old is possessed, and the film does not look away. The medical scenes rattle people as much as the demon.
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Scare profile
Editorial baseline. Add your own report to refine it.
Scary4
Not scaryExtreme
Dread4
RelaxedSuffocating
Jump scares2
NoneConstant
Disturbing4
ForgettableHaunts you
Grim4
Fun ridePunishing
Synopsis
When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
What is in it
Intensity: brief means implied, off-screen or a single moment; heavy means graphic, prolonged or central. Items marked “inferred from keywords” come from TMDB tags and have not been confirmed by a person.
Children & pregnancy
- Child in dangerHeavyeditorial
Sexual content & violence
- Sex & nudityModerateeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- The crucifix scene: a possessed child uses a crucifix sexually and shouts obscenities. Many find this the hardest moment.
Body & medical
- Medical & surgicalHeavyeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- A lengthy, loud, realistic angiography scene with needles.
- Body horrorModerateeditorial
- Self-harmModerateeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- The same scene involves self-inflicted injury.
- Vomiting & gross-outModerateeditorial
Mental health & grief
- Grief & bereavementBriefeditorial
Religion & the occult
- Demons & possessionHeavyeditorial
- Cults & religious extremismNoneeditorial